World’s smallest pacemaker is the size of a grain of rice
Because the human heart requires only a small amount of electrical stimulation, researchers were able to shrink their next-generation pacemaker even smaller. The final result is a 1-millimeter-thick device measuring just 1.8 mm wide and 3.5 mm long that is still capable of delivering as much electrical stimulation as a standard pacemaker.
Developed by engineers from Northwestern University, the pacemaker is the size of a grain of rice and could help save babies born with heart defects.
The tiny pacemaker, produced by Northwestern University engineers, is paired with a small, soft, flexible wearable patch.
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The device is smaller than a grain of rice — and is suited particularly to help newborn babies with congenital heart defects.
The world’s smallest pacemaker, measuring just 1.8 mm wide and 3.5 mm long, can be implanted via injection and safely ...
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